My story (drug induced vs schizophrenia)

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Not smoking now at all,
Like I said I was smoking it only few times after my psychosis. During five years I could count on my fingers the times I smoked

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Being a former drug user myself they say drug induced psychosis only last to the drug leaves your system. If your still having stuff months or longer they diagnosis you sz.

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In fact meth can cause psychosis which is longer than a year :slight_smile: many articles bout that

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Yeah I feel ya, I always hated being high on weed anyways, you think thatā€™s what caused your psychosis anyways? Most of the weed smokers of the world would disagree, but they always acted like weed was harmless which always seemed like wasnā€™t true, but I donā€™t know

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I started with pot and did all the drugs. When i ran out of painkillers is when my psychosis hit. I do believe the drugs caused it. But i was forever damaged. It is also in the family on my moms side.

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Iā€™m not sureā€¦ no oneā€™s sure (even my doctor). But while I am not smoking it, and also right now on pills (after four months Iā€™ll try to stop medications) I am doing alright. We will see what happens when Iā€™ll stop medicationā€¦
In fact I believe for SOME people, weed CAN and DO provoke short psychoses. Not for everyone ofc. But for small percentage of people it causes psychosis and can worsen SZA symptoms.

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So sorry to hearā€¦:frowning: I know the feeling, most of the time I feel veery angry on myself because (maybe for short-term, maybe forever) I damaged my brain by doing drugs.

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Some newsā€¦ probably - my psychosis is permanent which means its schizophrenia ;(
Today I was doing official diagnostics for memory, thinking etcā€¦ and doctor said there are like ā€œglitchesā€ in my thinking sometimes.
Sad news for me - probably I am fighting with schizophrenia, not drug induced psychosis.

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Iā€™m sorry you have sz. That really sucks. Wouldnā€™t it be nice if you could just stop using like you have already done and after a while no more issues?

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How many times I should repeat that I am not using ANY DRUGS for a long timeā€¦

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I didnā€™t think you were. I was saying now that your off drugs for a while. Sorry for not being clear

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I edited my comment so itā€™s more clear. Sorry.

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Sorry, I misunderstood you :frowning: just many people were asking if I still do smoke a pot, and for a moment I felt angry that its being asked againā€¦

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@anon8411913 , no worries. I changed my comment because I made it sound that way. Iā€™m the one who owes you an apology. I need to be more careful in how I word things.

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Similar story (Iā€™ve been there with the drugs aswell). Some years ago my doc reduced aripiprazol to 5 mg, and months later I had another break. Since then, Iā€™m stable with 15 mg. I dont use hard drugs anymore, but sometimes I smoke pot and 15 mg maintains my sanityā€¦

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I think you are right in that your psychosis easily could be drug induced. It took me decades to recover to this level after that I quit alcohol decades ago.

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